It;s my first day back to writing. I suppose you could say it has been a time of rest and renewal and – definitely – a unique adventure for me and my loved ones. It all started on February 28th this year.
Jerry called this evening.  It has been an active couple of days and we agreed I would be down next week to take him to a vocational rehabilitation appointment as well as to an opthamologist appointment at a local clinic that will see him based on his income.  I could tell he was cautiously optimistic on […]
I just finished seeing “The Wrestler.â€Â I was fortunate enough to attend a private viewing of it early this morning. To be honest, my life has been so busy lately that I didn’t even know about this movie even though the actor won best actor in a drama just recently. It had just not come […]
He didn’t drive a car. He couldn’t afford gas or upkeep for one. For the past eight years he rode a bike back and forth to the few places he needed to go. Friends drove him when he needed to get food from the grocery. Now, he had recovered “completely†except for an apparent equilibrium […]
I got a call in the wee hours of the morning. It was a frantic call…a call from someone I did not know but who knew Jerry well and knew I could help if anyone could. “He’s in a coma at the county hospital and they need someone from his family to come quickly.†the […]